Giveaway # 12 - Time is a Companion

And, indeed, time does pass

and, hopefully, this will all soon be over and we can return to normal

whatever the new normal will be

for I feel sure it will never quite be the same as before

This is very much a copy of a piece I did a few years ago and has been the only ever piece I was happy with

I had longed to do it again but have no need for two so was very pleased to reproduce it as a giveaway 

Another project done on an old piece of tongue & groove from the rummage box

I do so moan at hubby for keeping al these offcuts

but they do come in useful so ought to cut him some slack

Most of the metal embellishments are genuine old watch parts

There is the odd random cog thrown in and the flourishes are made using one of Finnabair's moulds and resin

PRODUCTS USED:

Wooden panel

Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Art Basics Heavy Gesso : Black

Art Basics Modelling Paste

Art Basics Heavy Body Gel

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint :

Golden Moss / Emerald Green / Dark Forest / Deep Waters / Royal Blue

Midnight Sky

Art Alchemy Opal Magic Wax : 

Green Brocade / Turquoise Satin / Blue Velvet

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax :

Vintage Gold / White Gold / Old Silver

Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance Wax : Mystic Turquoise

Flourish mould

Resin

Clarity Stamp : Clockwork Stencil

Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Stamp : TH006

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Distress Crackle Paint : Clear Rock Candy

Tim Holtz Archival Mini Ink Pad : Black Soot

***Winner was Julie Rose***

Giveaway #11 - Hanging Heart

Week number 11 already ... can you believe that?

It is most odd that, on one hand, time seems to have stood still

yet on the other it is simply flying by

There is a lot going on in my mind right now

just when I thought I had calmed down a little and was getting to grips with

all that is going on along comes a whole new wave of emotions

utter sadness for the now more than 41,000 people who have died

FORTY ONE THOUSAND 

just can't get my head around it

anger & rage at the utter idiots who think it ok to congregate with no 

thought to social distancing - isn't that a horrible, horrible phrase?!?

anger & rage that this is happening in the first place

despair that it will ever go away and I will get to hug and kiss my family

again ... all of us crammed around the dining table sitting kneee-to-knee and

elbow to elbow as we share roast dinners or pizza

& grief for all that is lost and for what now never will be

But I know it's not just me feeling like that

even the most strong people I know feel the same

So, for now, I shall continue with my little giveaway project

for it surely has helped me enormously

giving me something on which to focus & be motivated

& a routine to the week

Just a little hanging heart this week

PRODUCTS USED :

 12cm (4" polystyrene heart)

Metal butterfly

Scraps : Lace / Cheesecloth / Beads

Powertex Universal Medium - Black

Anna Marie - Crushed Ice Crystals

FINNABAIR (Prima Marketing) :

Art Basics : 3D Gloss Gel / Heavy Body Gel / Heavy Gesso - Black

Art Alchemy Metallique Paint :

Deep Waters / Emerald Green / Soft Satin / Crocus Fields

Art Alchemy Opal Magic Acrylic Paint :

Violet Green / Yellow Blue / Green Gold

Art Alchemy metallique Wax :

Aged Brass / Vintage Gold / Rich Copper / Electric Violet / Peacock

Old Denim 

Antique Brilliance Wax : Amethyst Magic

Opal Magic Wax : Blue Velvet

Art Ingredients Mica Powder : Purple / Copper

LINDY'S STAMP GANG SPRAYS :

Prima Donna Purple / Mountain Lavendar Gold

Milk Chocolate Brown / Bayou Boogie Copper / Cowabunga Copper

***Winner was Linda Lueck***

Giveaway #10 - Collect Beautiful Moments

Well I am certainly longing for the sea so figured some of you might be too

so this weeks offering is a little shell

The small shells were gathered from one of our favourite beaches in Scotland when we did, indeed, collect beautiful moments -  but are now given away with much pleasure and love

I have one of these that just hangs on the wall as it is but if this does not appeal to the winner then I am sure we can mount it in some way but it’s too deep for a frame.

PRODUCTS USED:

Finnabair (Prima Marketing) -

Art Basics Heavy Body Gel

Art Ingredients Art Stones & Mini Art Stones

Art Ingredients Mica Flakes - Gold Leaf

Art Extravagance Glitter Set - Caribbean Seas

Art Alchemy Metallique wax - Blue Lagoon / White Gold

Art Alchemy Opal Magic wax - Turquoise Satin

Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance Wax - Mystic Turquoise

Ayeeda 13arts Mist - Chalk Yellow / Amber / Pastel Cinnamon

Pearl Old Gold

Decoart Media Shimmer Mist - White

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mist -  Treasure Island Aqua 

Silhouette Silver

***Winner was Barbara Lancaster***

Giveaway #9 - Through This Together - Butterfly Block

See, any excuse to work of more wood rummaged from the box of wood for rummaging purposes

here's another one

Again a project I have done a few times in the past but NEVER using such vibrant colours

and, yes, there is PINK again

I fear I am losing the plot now

I hope the sentiment kinda sums it all up right now ...

that we will get through this simply horrible time ...

together

PRODUCTS USED:

Wood block, hessian, lace & string

Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Art Basics : Heavy Body Gel / 3D Matte Gel / Soft Gloss Gel

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint :  

Light Patina / Vintage Rose / Romance Pink

Art Alchemy Sparks Acrylic Paint : Magical Pond

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax : Sweet Rose / Electric Violet / Mint Sparkle

Blue Lagoon / Heather Hills

Art Ingredients Micro Beads : Berry / Silver

Art Extravagance Glitter Set : Carribean Seas

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburt Spray :

Sassy Sapphire / Shabby Turbine Teal / Prima Donna Purple 

Azalea Tea Rose

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Distress Crackle Paint : Clear Rock Candy

Tim Holtz (Idea-ology) Word Stickers : Small Talk

*** Winner was Bev Garfield ***

Giveaway #8 - Live Laugh Love

A touch of the momochromatic called to me this week

Didn't fancy black & white so chose tones of silver

Have to say it hasn't photographed awfully well and does look better in real life

Really enjoyed making this one

probably because I knew I was not going to Do Battle with colours

PRODUCTS USED:

A5 Canvas Board

Old CD

Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Stencil - Iris Tapestry

Art Basics - Modelling Paste / Soft Gloss Gel / Heavy Body Gel

Art Basics - Heavy Gesso : Black

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Old Silver / Brushed Iron

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint : White Pearl

Art Alchemy Sparks Acrylic Paint : Raven Black

Art Ingredients Glass Glitter : Pitch Black

Art Ingredients Art Sugar : Black / White

Seth Apter (Emerald Creek) Baked Texture Embossing Powder : Rocky Road

*** Winner was Tracy Fox ***

Love for the lost

I had not heard about the yellow hearts until my friend lost her mommy to this dreadful virus last week and came across the Love for the Lost hearts

I made this yellow heart to hang in my window in memory of not only my friend's mommy but for all the others lost ... to show they are not just a statistic mentioned as a number in the news each evening but that they are real people leaving behind families for whom life will never be the same 

The small butterfly is for my friend - who loves butterflies

PRODUCTS USED:

6" heart

Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Art Basics Heavy Gesso : White

Art Basics Modelling Paste

Art Ingredients Mica Powder : Sunny Yellow

Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic Paint - True Yellow / White Pearl

Art Ingredients Glass Glitter - Gold Rush

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Vintage Silk / Vintage Gold

Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Stencil :  Gingham THS034

Perfect Pearls Mists : Sunflower Sparkle / Sunny Yellow / Biscotti / Kiwi

Giveaway #7 - Just Bobbin Along

The pink (yes, pink!) bobbin I did for myself seemed to go down quite well so I thought I'd do another one as this week's giveaway

I did say the heart on the front of my bobbin was the last I would be doing as I have already done it quite a few times before - totally inspired by a FB live that Finnabair did a while ago

but it seems I lied because no matter how I messed round with various other options for this bobbin that heart kept calling to me

So, this is almost certainly quite definitely the last time I shall do

 this heart composition

maybe

PRODUCTS USED:

Antique bobbin

Finnabair (Prima Marketing) 

Art Basics Heavy Body Gel / 3D Gloss Gel

Script Stamp

Mechanicals - Woodland Farns / Rustic Washers / Machine Parts
Art Extravagance Glitter Set - Luminous

Paper roses

Scrapinec Decorative Chipboards - small lattice heart

Stamp Set - Wild & Free

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Mini Archival Stamp - Hickory Smoke

Distress Spray Stain - Old Paper / Antique Linen

Versafine Clair Ink Pad - Noir

Clear embossing powder

Perfect Pearls Mists - Kiwi / Forever Green

Scraps : Paper / Lace / Cheesecloth or gauze

***Winner was Lynne Bishop***

Giveaway #6 - Shine Like the Universe

Not often it happens but it did with this piece

I reached the "I think it's done" stage and pushed it away from me and fell off my chair in shock as I realised I actually quite liked it ... was pleased with something for once!

Alas, it was short lived as he whom will remain nameless announced it "just like everything else you do ... same-old-same-old" and "why don't you do something different"

Needless to say the day took a downward turn from there and words were had

But, apart from the odd grumble, we soon kinda, sorta got over it

although I do still mutter "same-old-same-old" as I am working on new pieces 

just to make a point you understand

I hope to do another of these to keep for myself

yes, I was THAT happy with it!!!!

PRODUCTS USED:

Stretched Canvas (approx 12cm x 25cm /5"x10" )

Finnabair (Prima Marketing) :-

Art Basics Heavy Gesso - Black

Art Alchemy Impasto Paint - Cobalt

Art Basics Heavy Body Gel / 3D Gloss Gel / Soft Gloss Gel

Moons Mould

Mica Powder - Deep Water / Frozen Lake / Purple

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Old Denim / Peacock / Electric Violet / Blue Lagoon

Mint Sparkle / Old Silver

Art Ingredients Glass Glitter - Midnight Blue

Tim Holtz Die (used to cut stars stencil)

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Wooden Frame

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Small Talk words

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays - Afternoon Delight Denim / Ocean Breeze Blue / French Lilac Violet

***Winner was Catriona Mason & she very kindly gifted it 
to Carolyn Staton***

Giveaway #5 - Ancient Ammonites

Except they are not ancient at all, of course, but freshly dug up, er, made this week!  But I won't tell anyone if you won't!

PRODUCTS USED:

20cm x 20cm (8"x8") Gerstaecker Studio 2 Stretched Canvas

15.5cm x 15..5cm (6"x6") canvas board

Ammonite stencil (not sure of brand)

Powertex :

Ivory Universal Medium 

Stone Art

Ammonite Moulds

Mini Art Stones

Art Stones

Mega Art Stones

3D Sand

Easy Varnish

Colortricx - Clear Gold / Terragreen / Brons Gold

Bister Sprays - Green / Mahogany / Yellow

*** Winner was Tracey Lowther ***

Giveaway #4 - Bee Thankful

I love working on old bits of wood rummaged from hubby's box of wood for rummaging purposes

This one is similar to something I have done a few times before & of which I don't think I will ever tire of making

and being not only a tatteredrock but a GrubbyBee then you can't go far wrong with a buzzy friend in residence

PRODUCTS USED:

Wooden block, denim & lace, string

Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Art Basics : Heavy Body Gel

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint : Rustic Brown / Royal Red / 

Steampunk Copper

Art Alchemy Sparks Acrylic Paint : Ginger Magic

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax : Bronze Age / Firebird

Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance Wax : Red Amber

Art Extravagance Glitter Set : Luminous

Art Ingredients Glass Glitter : Gold Rush

Art Ingredients Micro Beads : Bronze

Lindy's Stamp Gang  Starburst Spray :

Cowabunga Copper / Bayou Boogie Gold / Bucket O'Blood Red

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Distress Crackle Paint : Clear Rock Candy

Tim Holtz (Idea-ology) Word Stickers : Big Chat

***Winner was Anne Rendle***

Giveaway #3 - The Old Curiosity Box

Got to admit to having a bit of a meltdown over this one

so what's new I hear you ask

meltdowns are the norm here at tatteredrocks HQ

I had to walk away from this one as it came within an inch of going in the bin

Left it alone overnight and persisted with it the next day

Turned out not at all as I envisaged but it has proven the most popular giveaway so far with more than double the names in Henry's Hat for the draw on Tuesday

So, what do I know anyway ???

Apart from several coats of black gesso it is coloured only using Finnabair's waxes ... they really are a most glorious product and so very versatile

The little tiles around the sides were made by stamping into air-drying clay 

never my favourite product to use but worked ok for this project

I wanted the sides really quite dimensional so each little tile was stuck to a mdf panel to give it extra dimension and strength

PRODUCTS USED:

Hatton Box from Candy Box Crafts

DAS Air-drying Clay

Everything else from Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Stencil : Gothic

Art Basics : Heavy Gesso Black / Heavy Body Gel / Soft Gloss Gel

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax : Old Denim / Mint Sparkle / Blue Lagoon

Sweet Rose / Old Silver

Art Extravagance Glitter Set : Ebony & Ivory

Art Ingredients : Art Sugar Black

Glass Glitter : Pitch Black

Glass Beads : Liquorice

***winner was Margaret Hoyle***

Giveaway #2 - Shimmering Butterfly

My own raggedy tatteredrocks butterly has often been admired by those seeing it for real

so I thought I would roll up my sleeves and do a similar one for this week's giveaway

Can you spot the deliberate mistake though ?

In the end I was glad I forgot to actually put on the gloves ... it felt wrong using them when they are in such short supply for those that really need them right now so I didn't mind then spending the evening peeling off the dried Powertex from my fingers

The butterfly is a little smaller than my original one but fairly similar colours

It is made using Powertex so after it has fully cured it can go in your garden

The colours are not showing up well here at all 

it is almost too shimmery!

PRODUCTS USED:

Powertex Universal Medium - Ivory

Powercolor Pigments - Yellow / Lilac / Turquoise / Dark Blue

Colortricx Pigments - Terraviolet / Terragreen / Rich Gold / PowerPearl

Powertex Easy Varnish

Paper Decoration

Cheesecloth/gauze

*** Winner was Dorothy Duggan ***

Giveaway # 1 - Shades of Lilac

After doing the pink bobbin - did I really just say PINK????

My friend said I should do lilac next (her favourite colour)

Think I hate lilac even more than pink so said no way would that happen

So here we have two tags in shades of lilac - go figure!

I thought I'd make her "something" and send it to her in Australia once this very contagious period is over

Whilst working on it I mixed up too much lilac paste and didn't want to waste it so thought I'd just go ahead and make a second tag with no real idea in mind what to do with it

Now ideas at 3am always seem to be good ideas and I thought I would offer it as a giveaway on FB

I have done a few before and they seem to have gone down well 

So then I thought I might expand it to last the duration of this simply horrible time for everyone

My only hope being to send a little love & smiles & good thoughts out at a time when we are all feeling a little scared & unsure & are struggling

& to keep myself motivated & at least producing SOMETHING each week

I plan on starting with something each week for the next twelve weeks but will expand it further until such time as things are a little more normal for us all

Of course then doubts set in and I figured it's maybe not such a good idea after all but the two people I told of my idea said to just go for it

so I am!

I shall do the giveaway each Friday and draw any names from a hat on the Tuesday

BUT will not be posting anything out until a bit further down the line when it is more safe to do so - we are confined to the house due to Phil's COPD and I really am not prepared to ask any of the nephews to go to a post office right now ... I do not want them exposed any more than is vital and certainly not to post stuff for me ... am sure everyone will understand

So, probably the final time I will adapt Finnabair's heart design (these ones are quite dinky) and almost quite definitely the last time I will ever do lilac!

PRODUCTS USED:

Finnabair (Prima Marketing) :

Art Basics Heavy Gesso - White

Art Basics 3D Gloss Gel / Heavy Body Gel

Art Extravagance Texture Fantasy Paste - Junkyard Treasures Lavender

Dandelion Stencil

Stamp Set - Wild & Free

Art Ingredients Art Sugar - White

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint - Crocus Fields

Art Alchemy Opal Magic Acrylic Paint - Violet Green

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Heather Hills / Mint Sparkle

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray - Frozen Jack Frost / 

Mountain Lavender Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Shaded Lilac / Wilted Violet / Dusty Concord

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Etcetera Tag #8

Small MDF heart

Cheesecloth

Archival Mini Ink Pad - Black Soot

Clear Embossing Powder

*** Winner was Karin Lee ***